DAYDREAMER
AURORA
SONGWRITERS: AURORA AKSNES & PETER WADE
COUNTRY: NORWAY
ALBUM: A DIFFERENT KIND OF HUMAN(STEP 2)
LABEL: DECCA RECORDS
GENRE: ART POP
YEAR: 2021
Aurora Aksnes(born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylized
in uppercase), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Stavanger, Aurora
released her debut EP, Running with
the Wolves, in 2015, through Decca Records. Later
that year, she provided the backing track for the John Lewis Christmas advert,
singing a cover of the Oasis song "Half the
World Away". Aurora released her debut
studio album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend,
in 2016. In 2018, she released her second extended play, Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1),
followed by her second studio album, A Different
Kind of Human (Step 2).
A Different Kind of Human (Step 2) is the
second studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer Aurora. It was
released on 7 June 2019 through Decca Records and Glassnote Records. It
succeeds the album's first and previous chapter Infections of a Different Kind(Step 1),
which was released in September 2018. It has been categorized to be and art pop, electropop, and pop concept album,
tackling themes of ecological crisis that "aim at society's self-centred capitalistic apathy."
White, silicon eyes,
watching storms, sitting quiet
Reading books in the heat of city lights
Bored, everyone's bored
When I'm restless, put me under the night life stars
And I will feel grounded
I know I'm just a
girl
But can I change lives?
If I am nothing, if I am trying, I think I can
I step on broken glass, and dream of soft clouds
When feelings are heavy they become all we are
And we become night
time dreamers
And street walkers, small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
And we become night time dreamers
Street walkers, small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
In real life
The quiet lust
belongs to all of us
And drives us closer into the madness
Of the world, of a girl
(And it suits me just fine)
'Cause everyone dies, and nobody loves
And somebody dies right now
I hear the quiet, sweet music that no one sings
And we become night
time dreamers
Street walkers and small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
And we become night time dreamers
Street walkers, small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
In real life
All I ever know is
what I dream about when I'm sober
Never turn away from love
Before the love, you have me sober
All I ever know is what I dream about when I'm sober
Never turn away from love
Before the love, you have me sober
Nothing can die while we are here
Nothing can die while we are here
Nothing can die while we are here
Nothing can die while we are here
Then we become night
time dreamers
Street walkers and small talkers
When we should be daydreamers
And moonwalkers and dream talkers
And we become night time dreamers
Street walkers, small talkers
When we should be
daydreamers
(Nothing can die while we are here)
When we should be daydreamers
(Nothing can die while, nothing can die)
Daydreamers.